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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2344
Introduced 1/12/2006, by Sen. Bill Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Human Embryo Protection Act. Provides that the State, units of local government, school
districts, and community college districts may not use or allow the use of public funds, property, or credit for certain human embryo research activities, including stem cell extraction. Preempts home rule. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2344 |
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LRB094 18657 BDD 54010 b |
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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Human |
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| Embryo Protection Act.
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| Section 5. Ban on the use of public assets in human embryo |
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| research activities. |
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| (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State, |
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| units of local government, school
districts, and community |
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| college districts may not use or allow the use of public funds, |
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| property, or credit for any of the following: |
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| (1) the creation of a human embryo for research |
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| purposes; or
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| (2) research in which a human embryo is destroyed, |
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| discarded, or knowingly subjected to a risk of injury or |
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| death greater than that risk allowed for research on |
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| fetuses in utero. |
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| The prohibition under this Section specifically includes, |
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| without limitation, the extraction of stem cells from a human |
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| embryo by somatic cell nuclear transfer or by any other means. |
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| (b) For purposes of this Act, the term "human embryo" |
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| includes any organism, from the single-cell stage to 8 weeks |
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| development, that is derived by fertilization, |
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| parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more |
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| human gametes (sperm or egg) or human diploid cells (cells that |
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| have two sets of chromosomes, such as somatic cells). |
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| (c) Nothing in this Section restricts the use of public |
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| funds, property, or credit in areas of scientific research that |
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| are not specifically prohibited under subsection (a), |
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| including in vitro fertilization, the administration of |
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| fertility enhancing drugs, research in the use of nuclear |
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| transfer or other cloning techniques to produce molecules, DNA, |